A 15-year-old boy who recorded himself and a 13-year-old girl engaging in a sex act, then posted the video to Facebook, was arrested, Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said yesterday.
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A 15-year-old boy who is accused of recording himself and a 13-year-old girl engaging in a sex act and then uploaded the video to Facebook has been arrested, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said yesterday afternoon.

The boy was arrested yesterday at Dickinson High School in Jersey City, where he is a student, Deputy First Assistant Prosecutor Debra Simon said. The girl does not attend a Jersey City public school, school district spokeswoman MaryAnn Dickar said.

He was charged with two counts of invasion of privacy, which constitute third-degree crimes if they had been committed by an adult, she said.

Simon said the boy was to be released to the custody of his parents, as he was not ordered to be detained by juvenile intake officers.

Both of the girl’s parents and the boy’s mother were notified of the incident, she said.

Simon said that the investigation into the incident is still ongoing. She did not disclose whether the sex act depicted in the video happened on school grounds.

Jersey City police were made aware of the incident Monday afternoon, but it could not be determined if the girl reported it first to the school or police.

It is believed that the girl did not know the act was being recorded and it is also believed that she became aware of the recording from other students at the school, police said in a radio transmission.

Simon also did not say how many people were able to access or download the video that was uploaded to Facebook.

Dickar stated that she could not comment on the specific incident, as it is under investigation, but that “we certainly expect our students to be responsible consumers of technology and the various social media tools.”

She went on to say that the act of posting a video “may or may not be a disciplinary matter for the district,” depending on a number of factors, including whether the act was done on school grounds and whether it constituted harassment, intimidation or bullying.

The Jersey City Police Department is handling the investigation of the incident with assistance from the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, Simon said.

A handful of students at Dickinson High School interviewed said they did not know about the incident.